Same here, switched to XFCE (about the time Unity was released, as most of you, I guess) and was also considering looking again at KDE, since it made the news again:) I used SuSE for some years, some 10 years ago, and KDE was quite good, even more compared to GNOME which at the time was still very very under-developed.
I may try KDE again, though the last time i tried it, it was a bit "too much"... such HUGE menus were just uncomfortable... For me, it was an overall impression of a bit too much of everything, everywhere.
Now, I can say the only thing I really don't like in XFCE is Thunar... for me it lacks lots of functionality (like, ffs, copy-paste with right button!). But even so, i cant even think of trying to use unity or gnome shell again.
So no, it's not like we have really advanced much. With XFCE sometimes I feel a bit like 1999 again, suffering here and there with stuff that doesn't exactly work as I would like, but also feeling confident and comfortable with it.
Probably KDE will be the desktop of choice for most of the "normal" linux desktop users... until they decide it's time to move to tablet interfaces too!!
I for one had that one product that I used (still do, though looking for a change) and recommended to many people, and even setup it for them if they asked. It was called Ubuntu (yes, the african word that stands for I don't have time to fiddle with Debian anymore). But not anymore, since their inspiration died with the BIG Unity fiasco. And Gnome 3 seems to have helped them in destroying an established, well know and easy to use, intuitive desktop (after all the years it took us to get there!).
So right now, for me, yes, I wouldnt know what to recommend to the ppl I used to recommend Ubuntu. OpenSuse? No way I'm going to mess around with rpms again. Ever. Mint? Tried it, and didnt like it, it's an unfinished product in the sense that Ubuntu 10.04 was a "finished" product. Found many minor desktop and setup annoyances with it. So yes, I'm one of those who have gone silent.
It's a LEGO brick robot, ffs! I guess no one at the real robotic industry has decided to invest in a Rubik cube solver robot. The robot's speed surely could be improved a lot using the "right" technology!
Silicon is especially dangerous because its atomic structure is similar to carbon, and it can "pollute" lungs' chemicals, substituting carbon. Then trouble begins because lungs don't work well, they kinda turn to stone.
So basically what you're saying there's no reason whatsoever the American public couldn't elect good politicians, they're just too stupid?
I think the main reason why americans (or british, or etc.) won't ever be able to elect good politicians is that they (the good politicians) will never get too deep into the whitehouse run... They are (if they exist) run over by the two-party-democracy-joke-machine like a frog by a SUV...
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I may try KDE again, though the last time i tried it, it was a bit "too much"... such HUGE menus were just uncomfortable... For me, it was an overall impression of a bit too much of everything, everywhere.
Now, I can say the only thing I really don't like in XFCE is Thunar... for me it lacks lots of functionality (like, ffs, copy-paste with right button!). But even so, i cant even think of trying to use unity or gnome shell again.
So no, it's not like we have really advanced much. With XFCE sometimes I feel a bit like 1999 again, suffering here and there with stuff that doesn't exactly work as I would like, but also feeling confident and comfortable with it.
Probably KDE will be the desktop of choice for most of the "normal" linux desktop users... until they decide it's time to move to tablet interfaces too!!
They keep using that word, I don't think they know what it really means...
Nice one, and so true, in fact it is in my netbook.
I for one had that one product that I used (still do, though looking for a change) and recommended to many people, and even setup it for them if they asked. It was called Ubuntu (yes, the african word that stands for I don't have time to fiddle with Debian anymore). But not anymore, since their inspiration died with the BIG Unity fiasco. And Gnome 3 seems to have helped them in destroying an established, well know and easy to use, intuitive desktop (after all the years it took us to get there!).
So right now, for me, yes, I wouldnt know what to recommend to the ppl I used to recommend Ubuntu. OpenSuse? No way I'm going to mess around with rpms again. Ever. Mint? Tried it, and didnt like it, it's an unfinished product in the sense that Ubuntu 10.04 was a "finished" product. Found many minor desktop and setup annoyances with it. So yes, I'm one of those who have gone silent.
The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again [...]
I know this is slashdot, it might be ok to not read TFA, but it seems you didn't even read the fine submission!
They have a two-seater toothbrush which they use together. Got it at the same shop Ned Flanders got his.
Ok, not really, seems i was mistaken. Near Finisterre.
Very near from Europe's most western cape :)
You have running water in front of your TV?
I live under a bridge, you... !!
Maybe all that steel would improve wifi reception?
Amen, brother!
It's a LEGO brick robot, ffs! I guess no one at the real robotic industry has decided to invest in a Rubik cube solver robot. The robot's speed surely could be improved a lot using the "right" technology!
I now hate you!
Kthx for the info and your kind comments, now please take a deep breath and relax.
System Requirements: 32-bit Windows 7 / Vista / XP 128 MB RAM 40 MB Hard Disk Space
No luck for other systems' users.
They would have escaped there anyway, wisefully increasing the month number to disguise it!
Silicon is especially dangerous because its atomic structure is similar to carbon, and it can "pollute" lungs' chemicals, substituting carbon. Then trouble begins because lungs don't work well, they kinda turn to stone.
Just, this time, remember to keep here the public phone cleaners, or we'll all die!
OMG!!! er... THINGS!!! worst.costumes.ever. etc.
I was amazed when mostly all of the old sweet looking grannies could give you directions in perfect english...
er... WikiPedia? Editable by many? I guess you've heard about it...
For some governments that would look like Open-Sourcing the world's source code... Too much information that they want to keep to themselves.
Has to be the Firefox thing, there is no such jump in msn.com? &range=1y&size=medium&compare_sites=&y=r&url=msn.c om#top
? &range=1y&size=medium&compare_sites=&y=r&url=amazo n.com#top
these places I guess are mostly Firefox-neutral.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details
or amazon.com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details
I guess so... The same value jump is there in May for the "spanish slashdot" website, http://barrapunto.com/ http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details? &range=1y&size=medium&compare_sites=&y=r&url=www.b arrapunto.com#top